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Posted by Ron (Member # 7790) on :

Hello Mr. Card, I have been a fan of your books since I was in the sixth grade. Now, after having graduated college, I'm still a fan of your work (I hope that doesn't make you feel old [Smile]

). Anyways, I just picked up my copy of Shadow of the Giant and it was great. It took all of a day to read it.
I did have a few questions though on the continuation of this series, including if there will ever be one.
First, will you ever write a story about Bean and his children hurtling through space? Will there ever be a sequel discussing how intelligent his children become? Since it was mentioned in Shadow of the Giant, is there any chance that Bean might start his children's intelligence in the biochemistry field so that their great intellect can be used to find a cure for Anton's Key?
Second, will there be a story to resolve the issue of Achilles II a.k.a. Bean and Petra's ninth child? If so, will he and Bean's space kids ever meet up?
Once again, I really enjoyed this book as well as all the others in the Ender's game series. Peter and Petra together in the end was definitely an unforeseen twist.
Not that you need to hear it from me, but congratulations on a job well done...again!

Posted by Suri-cool (Member # 7599) on :

Welcome! Scorll down to the end of the p[age and click on the topic of New Ender Novel decided on.

Posted by Mr_Megalomaniac (Member # 7695) on :

I still haven't bought it yet [Cry]

But tommorow, I'll deffintaly have to remember to pick it up. Really, tommorow will be the day. Tommorow I won't forget. What was I talking about again?

Posted by Orson Scott Card (Member # 209) on :

Isn't it nice to post a question, only to find out it was answered even before you asked? Just another service we try to provide here on Hatrack River online.

Posted by Jane_Lane (Member # 7665) on :

Oh no no no!!! Read too much [Frown]

(I haven't read SotG yet - Still desperately waiting for it to reach lil ol' England!)

Posted by Orson Scott Card (Member # 209) on :

I just saw the British cover. Same art, but the text is smaller (my name and the title all above the main art) so you can actually see more of the artwork. We'll try to get it up on line for you soon.

Posted by Szymon (Member # 7103) on :

Ahhh, I will wait much longer I think. Sadly, orginal language books are rarely published in Poland before the translations! Or I'll buy it elsewhere... [Wall Bash]

Polish cover of EG is completely different than american. I have both, I dunno, perhaps there are many editions, but there's a yellow shuttle with Battle School in the background. Polish artist simply drew Ender and the Queen of the Hive.